Calif. Bill Limiting Teen Cell Phone Use Advances

SACRAMENTO - California teenage drivers may have to put down their cell phones and other wireless devices while driving beginning next year if legislation proposed by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, becomes law.

Simitian’s SB 33 passed the state Senate Thursday and will be heard in the Assembly later this summer. The bill makes it illegal for drivers under 18 to use cell phones or other wireless devices while driving, even if they use a device’s “hands-free” option. First offenders would face a $20 ticket with a $50 fine for subsequent offenses.

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